Improved sofa-bedstead



lrHoIIAS J. MAGEE, or CINCINNATI, JAMES H. HooLE,

PATENT QEEICE.

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO BIMSELF AND OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVED SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,863, dated September 8, 1863.

'Zh a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, THOMAS J. MAGEE, ot' (lincinnati, Llaniilton county, Ohio. have iuvented a new and useful Improvement in Sofa- Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the iollowing to he a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being1 had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecication trestles, B B', supported on wheels G at their outer ends, and havingeach one a groove, D or D', for a purpose presently explained. A butt or shoulder, E, on each trestle limits its extension to the rectangular one shown in u Figs. 2 and 3. The bed-bottoni is composed of two equal leaves, F F', hin ged horizontally to the sofa at G and to each other at H, and

forming in their extended position a rectangular frame, which is guided to its extended position by studs -I I', which project from the outer leaf, F', int-o the grooves D D', and which act in conjunction with spring-l'nolts M M' to support the extended frame. Springs K K' compel the extension of the frame F F', and the swinging open ot the trest-les B B' on the liberation ot'the latter by the simple act of disengaging,r a catch or button, J.

N is a folding' head-hoard, which, hein g elevated to the position Shown in Fig'. 2, may he supported by a toot or catch, O.

P are crabs or anchors, which, heilig depressed, serve to hold the sofa to one place.

l claim herein as new and of nlyinvention- The arrai'igernent ot' grooved trestles B B', hinged vertically to the sofa-back, and folding frame F F', hinged horizontally to said back, in combination with studs l I', grooves D D', springs K K', and catches M M', the whole being combined and operating substantially as set forth.

ln testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

T. J. MAGEE.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, JAS. H. HooLE. 

